Gavin O’Connor’s The Account is one of Ben Affleck’s best films. While it probably doesn’t get as much attention because it came out around the time of Affleck’s Batman run, it should be paid attention to. Affleck’s performance was so good that I can’t imagine there not being a sequel. The thing is, though; there hasn’t been a lot of word around a potential sequel.
Until now. Affleck, in a recent interview with Collider; spoke about a sequel and the possibility of a TV show:
“We’ve talked about it. There seems to be a debate whether or not to do a TV series version of it. The scriptwriter [Bill Dubuque] has become quite successful and busy, so he’s off doing his thing. And somebody said to me, ‘Well if we could find a script that we could retrofit and make into a sequel… But that’s sort of tricky because the personality of the character is so specific, that doesn’t really work to just say, ‘Well, we used call this script Action Movie Shootout, and now we’re going to call it The Accountant 2′.”
Affleck did want to say that he’d be happy to play the character in The Accountant again if it was brought up:
“But it is one of the few movies that I’ve worked on, that I’d be thrilled to work with Gavin again and do that again. I had a great time. It was a lot of fun. It was an interesting twist on the genre and I’d love to do it.”
Affleck then joker:
“And if they want to produce a TV show version of it and I get some royalties, well that’s great too.”
If you haven’t watched The Accountant, I highly suggest you get on that!